Trace-carrier



(No Model.)

D. PREER.

TRACE CARRIER.

No. 268,089. Patented Nov. 28, 18 82 M. Q/ i INVENTOR N. PETERs, Phnlwlilho a hcr. Wnhinglcm. D. Q

A U NHED STATES P TENT Erica,

DAVID FREER, OF BLUE EARTH CITY, MINNESOTA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,089, dated November 28, 1882.

Application filed August 21, 1882. (No model.)

. City, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Trace-Carrier and Intersection Buckle-Plate for Harness, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention'relates to that part of harness which is applied upon the rump of the animal in service; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a four-way-extended frame of buckle-holds, with tongues therein, and having the fronts of the holds cast with loops for holding therein the straps plicated, unobstructively and adjustablyforvarious sizes of animals without other intermediate buckles to regulate their lengths; second, the fourway-extended frame, provided With tougued buckles massed in one plate, having extensions for riveting a pad thereto, and having the buckle-fronts slotted for retaining the straps plicated therein, in combination with a peculiarly-slotted arch spanning the whole crosssection of said frame, and riveted thereto by tangs thereon, or their equivalents.

My buckle-frame has a central rectangular blank plot or eye, and on each side of it is a buckle-hold massed into one frame. Each of said holds has in it a tongue, wired or hinged therein next the side of the hold toward the eye, the said side serving as a check or guard to keep the strap in place on the tongue. The outer end of each buckle-hold is horizontally slotted, and the strap is entered and returned through said slot and kept by it, as in a loop.

Athwart the said buckle-frame, spanning the extreme outer ends of the buckle-holds for the hip-straps, is mounted thereon a semielliptical-arch', attached to said frame firmly by tenons or tangs. In the summit of said arch is a longitudinal slot which ends in peculiarly-contracted and transversely-extended slots, all adapted to readily admit and hold therein a cockeye of a trace at either side. The space under said arch permits two tugs,

with sheaves thereon in lieu of cockeyes, to be entered and held therein. To show more clearly the situation and form of said parts, the same areillustratedinthe accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my trace-carrier having the straps removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the straps attached. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, also with the straps inserted. Fig. 4 is a top or plan View, showing the device with the part N, pad H, and straps removed therefrom and Fig. 5 isa side view of the part Ndetached from the carrier.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the drawings, now, observe A B D E denote the buckle-frames massed into one intersecting frame about the eye A B I) E, of rectangular form. The parts A B D E serve as guards to keep the strap snug on the tongues la l, which latter are joined on transverse wires 00 y, adjacent thereto. The outer ends of the buckles have in them the slots m 'n 01), respectively. D E denote the buckles for the hip-straps, and B that for the forward or main back-strap O, and A for the crupper attachment to.

K K denote extensions, whereatis attached -the protective leather or pad H by rivets.

s 8 denote holes in the buckles D E, into which the tenons or tangs D of the arch N fit, or their equivalents, by riveting which the said arch is firmly attached to span the whole buckle-plate, thus aftbrdingample room heneath the arch to insert thereunder the ends of tugs, with only sheaves or butts on the ends of them.

Pdenotesthe slotin the summit of said arch. T denotes contracted places or narrower parts in saidslot. Gr denotes the ends of said slot, transversely widened to hold acockeye therein, after it is quarter-turned-at each end of slot onein manner as shown at Q W, Fig. 2, and already described.

My buckle-frame specifically differs from others in itsclass, in that it is an adjustable intersector, it holding the hip, back, and crupper straps, united adjustahly to suit various sizes of animals without incumbering the harness with other buckles for this purpose, and at the same time it also secures the ends of the straps underneath the straps, orout of the way of the driving-reins.

My trace-carrieris made peculiarly capacious or open beneath the arch, and it is doubly adapted, not only for carrying two traces, but holds A B vD E, cast with loops m n 0 1) in 15 for admitting therein all kinds of traces,

whether they have eockeyes or butts.

I claim- 1. Incorporated with the arch N, the fourway-extended frame having the central plot, A B D E, the buckle-holds A B D E, provided with the loops m n 01), respectively, and with the tongues Z l 7c 70 for holding the four quarter-straps a b d e adjustably, Without intermediate buckles thereon, and unohstructive to the driving-reins, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The four-Way-extended frame of buckletheir fronts, respectively, and provided with the tongues l l k k for holding the straps a b d c adjustably and unobstructive, in combination with the protective pad H, and the trace carrier or arch N, having in it the slot P, made narrow at T and wide at its ends G, and riveted on the outer margins of the holds D E by tangs D or their equivalents, as and for the purposes set forth.

DAVID FREER. Witnesses:

MATHIAs SEIVER'r, S. W. GRAHAM. 

